**************************************************** EV 04/01/2004 NEWSLETTER NUMBER 26 **************************************************** CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: April 1 Thursday 2nd Annual Noche de Queer Performance 2 Friday Spring Salsa Party! 3 Saturday Make Your Own Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Egg) Workshop 5 Monday Last day to apply to be an EV Community Associate! EV Spring Intramural Sports Signup Deadline* Hillel Grad Community Seder* 10 Saturday Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park 22 Thursday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion: "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" 26 Monday M. Jacqui Alexander Discussion:"Pedagogies of the Sacred" 28 Wednesday EV Talent Show* May 7 Friday EV Yosemite Trip* 16 Sunday EV Runs Bay to Breakers* - Spring Scrapbooking Workshops - Free, Anonymous HIV Testing at Vaden Health Center - Upcoming Classes and Programs at the Bechtel I-Center * Starred events require advance signup. See individual event listings below for details. Information in this newsletter is also shown on the EV website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/EV ------------------------------------------------------ 1. The 2nd Annual Noche de Queer Performance Black Folks Guide to Black Folks: A One Woman Show Featuring the Many Faces of Hanifah Walidah Thursday, April 1st, 5:30pm and 8:00pm (7:00pm reception at El Centro Chicano) The Nitery Theater, Old Union Originally entitled "Straight Black Folks Guide to Gay Black Folks", "The Guide" is a one-woman comedic tour de force (SF Chronicle) starring the playwright, poet Hanifah Walidah. It was heralded to critical acclaim in both the SF Chronicle and East Bay Express in its preview run. In the play Walidah plays an entire neighborhood of characters linked together in a polyrhythmic mesh of loves and life lessons. Black Folks Guide approaches the topic of homophobia in the black community by remaining true to the familiar as it blurs the lines and giggles in the faces of sexuality, health, love, faith, and fear. For more information, email zamoram@stanford.edu Sponsored by: The Office of the Vice Provost, LGBT-CRC, Stanford Drama Dept, Stanford GSC, Multicultural Grad Student Services, The Women's Community Center, The Guiding Concilio of El Centro Chicano, Feminist Studies, The Graduate Student Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, Black Grad Student Association, and The Grad Diversity Admit Weekend Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 2. Spring Salsa Party! *TOMORROW* Friday, April 2nd, FREE Salsa Lesson: 8:00pm, Dance: 9:00pm-12:30am Hacienda Commons in Rains Kick off the Spring quarter with a sizzling Salsa party! Enjoy a FREE Salsa lesson and dance to the beat of high-energy music. Make new friends and catch up with your old ones. Hot rhythms and cool refreshments provided. Come with or without a partner, and feel free to join us for the dance, even if you miss the lesson! For more information, contact Paresh Rajwat at prajwat@stanford.edu. Sponsored by the EV Social Committee and Stanford GSPB ------------------------------------------------------ 3. Make Your Own Pysanka Workshop (decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs) Saturday, April 3rd, 2:30pm-8:00pm Escondido Village Center Discover Ukrainian traditions, sample traditional food, try your hand at making a pysanka, meet new people, and have a great time! Each Pysanka is a symbolic, colorful work of art. It can be elaborate, simple, traditional, or more modern. Each pysanka is made by dyeing the egg, then coating selected areas with beeswax to preserve that color dye. In the end, you take off all the wax and a beautiful creation is revealed! Check out www.pysanka.com for very interesting pictures and examples. Try to be on time, you'll need every minute of it! For more information, contact Tetiana Hryn'ova at tetiana@stanford.edu. You can find other events organized by the Ukrainian Student Association at http://www.stanford.edu/group/ukrainians Sponsored by the Stanford Ukrainian Student Association and Stanford GSC ------------------------------------------------------ 4. Apply now to be an EV Community Associate (CA)! Application deadline: Monday, April 5th, 11:59pm Online at http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html What can YOU do as an EV CA? - plan events for your fellow EV residents! - receive a budget for parties, outdoor activities, cultural events, and more! - meet your neighbors and work with a great group of over 50 fun and friendly co-CAs! - get guaranteed housing in EV, choose your roommate, and receive a quarterly stipend (if eligible)! Applications for CA positions in all graduate residences for the 2003-2004 academic year are now available online at http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html The website also includes a detailed description of the CA position, a timeline for CA selection, and important advice for applicants. Questions about CA positions can be directed to the Graduate Life Office staff: Rains and Multicultural Theme House CA positions: Chris Griffith, Associate Dean of Students, griffith@stanford, 3-9929 Escondido Village Couples and Singles CA positions: Ken Hsu, Assistant Dean of Students, kyhsu@stanford, 3-2154 Crothers, Cro Mem, Lyman, and EV Family CA positions: Andy Hernandez, Assistant Dean of Students, android@stanford, 3-9938 Take this opportunity to contribute to the graduate community! See http://glo.stanford.edu/application.html for more information. ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Sign up NOW for SPRING EV INTRAMURALS! Deadline: Monday, April 5th, 5:00pm Sign up to represent Escondido Village in Spring Intramurals! This spring, there will be EV teams in - soccer - softball - 6-on-6 volleyball - kickball If there is enough interest, we will field both mens' and coed teams for all of these sports. The games take place once a week, and the available league times are shown here: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Intramurals/index2.html#schedule To sign up for one of these teams, please send an email to noonan@stanford.edu saying what sports you want to play and what times you prefer to play at. We can't guarantee that every scheduling preference will be met, but everyone who sends an email will be placed on a team. Also, please try to describe your experience level in each sport in your email, so we can try to assign teams accordingly. Please send the email no later than 5pm on Monday, April 5th. Intramural league play begins on April 12th. This is a great chance to meet people while having a great time competing! Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 6. Hillel Grad Community Seder Monday, April 5th, 5:45pm East Vidalakis Dining Room in Schwab Residential Center Have Passover Plans? Join other Jewish Grad students for our annual Hillel grad community Seder. This seder brings together students from all of the graduate programs on campus in a welcoming, liberal setting. The evening will be led by students, for students. Cost is $20. To access the registration form, go to http://hillel.Stanford.edu and follow the link for Passover Seders. Also feel free to stop by Hillel to sign up. For more information, email rittberg@stanford.edu. Sponsored by Stanford Hillel ------------------------------------------------------ 7. Trail Days at Castle Rock State Park Saturday, April 10th, meet 8:15am, return ~4:00pm Meet by EV office, go to Castle Rock State Park Now that the weather is nice, come spend a day outdoors, working to restore trails and habitat at Castle Rock State Park! Time permitting, we'll take a brief hike around the park after we finish. We'll provide lunch and a free t-shirt. For more information, contact Craig Foster at cdfoster@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Community Service Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 8. Two Discussions with M. Jacqui Alexander Thursday, April 22nd, 6:00pm Monday, April 26th, 4:00pm Locations TBA Presented by the Chicano/Latino Graduate Student Association, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, and Familia de Stanford: Thursday, April 22nd @ 6:00pm "The New Militarization, The State and the Making of the Citizen Patriot" Sexuality studies and transnational feminism have developed largely along separate disciplinary tracts. Alexander offers an analytic path out of this disciplinary segregation by way of an examination of this contemporary moment of U.S. militarization and empire building, to show how these are racialized, sexualized processes in which the state has mobilized a new figure--the citizen patriot--as one of the anchors for the success of empire. Monday, April 26th @ 4:00pm "Pedagogies of the Sacred" Experience is an important dimension of daily life as well as an important category for feminism, but we have rendered it as if it were absent Spirit, understood it primarily as secularized and antithetical to the sacred. Using her own priestancy in two African-based spiritual communities of Vodun and Santeria, Alexander traces how experience, history, memory, consciousness, voice and agency--customarily positioned as secular--are all readily intelligible within the precinct of the sacred. If you would like more information about co-sponsoring or helping out with this event and others like it, please contact CLGSA through Zamora at zamoram@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Chicano/Latino Grad Student Association, The ASSU Speaker's Bureau, The LGBT Community Resource Center, The Graduate Workshop in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy: Race & Social Justice, The Women's Community Center, The Program in Modern Thought & Literature, Familia de Stanford, African & African American Studies, The Office of Religious Life, and The Center for Studies in Race & Ethnicity ------------------------------------------------------ 9. EV Talent Show Wednesday, April 28th, 8:00pm CoHo in Tresidder We need performers! Participate in the first-ever EV talent show. Whether you sing, play the piano, violin or any other instrument, dance, read poetry, imitate, do stand-up comedy, juggle, or know how to hula-hoop, we all want to see it. You do not have to be a superstar. Express ANY talent you want in a relaxed, fun, "anything goes" atmosphere. Individuals and ensembles are welcome. To sign up or get more information, contact Armin at armins@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Education and Cultural Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 10. EV Yosemite Trip Friday-Sunday, May 7th-9th Yosemite, CA Mark your calendars now for a spring weekend getaway...hiking and 2 nights' camping in gorgeous Yosemite! Details coming soon! For more information, email Dani Flemming at danif@stanford.edu Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 11. EV Runs Bay to Breakers Sunday, May 16th, 6:00am San Francisco Join your fellow EV residents for the largest, craziest race in the nation. We'll be coordinating training teams for both running and walking. Check out http://www.baytobreakers.com/ for more information. Contact Miranda at mirandamac80@yahoo.com to get on the interest list. Sponsored by the EV Sports and Outdoors Committee ------------------------------------------------------ 12. Free, Anonymous HIV Testing at Vaden Health Center Be positive you're negative. Free, anonymous HIV testing at Vaden with trained peer counselors. No fees. No hassles. No excuses. Don^Òt like needles? Ask your counselor about OraSure, the needle-free testing alternative. Call 8-2336 (V-A-D-E-N) for an appointment. Sponsored by Vaden Health Center ------------------------------------------------------ 13. Spring Scrapbooking Workshops Wish you could make beautiful albums of all of your memories, but think it^Òs too complicated and there^Òs not enough time? Join us for a weekly Scrapbooking Workshop, Wednesdays 3-5 PM! Learn to make beautiful albums simply and quickly! Every week of the Spring Quarter, March 29 ­ June 4, we will meet in Escondido Village to scrapbook together and learn new layout ideas. If you would like a beginner^Òs class, it will cost only $15 for the quarter, and if you already scrapbook, it will cost only $10 for the entire quarter. If you can^Òt commit to the entire quarter, you can come to individual sessions for $2/session. Would you like to come, but you can^Òt find anyone to watch your children? Bring them along! Please contact Yvonne Fernández for details: yvonnefernandez@yahoo.com 650-497-7947 ------------------------------------------------------ 14. Upcoming Classes & Programs at Bechtel International Center TOURS ----- Wednesday Tours: Enjoy the pleasures of spring on this series of tours highlighting some of the Bay Area's special gems. Sign up and pay in advance at the I-Center to reserve a place. We will go in private cars. April 14 9:30 am to 12:30 p.m. Wildflower Walk on Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Guided introduction to the geology & ecology of the area, and sweeping views of the Bay. $2 . April 28 9 a.m. to 12:30. Walking tour of historic "Professorville", where Stanford's first faculty built their homes. Our guide will introduce various styles of architecture and share stories of early Stanford history. We will end the morning with refreshments in private home in Palo Alto. May 12 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. San Francisco Highlights -visit the elegant Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic by Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park and stroll through the Arboretum. $ 8 (museum admission) or $11 (w./ guided tour). Bring a picnic lunch. June 2 9 am - 12:30 pm. Filoli Mansion and Formal Gardens, Guided tour of 16 acres of gardens. $8. WORKSHOPS --------- Wednesday April 14 6 to 9 p.m Life Transitions, with Anna Fernandez. Newly arrived? or time to leave Stanford? This workshop offers a model to put these transitions in perspective and a chance to share experiences and explore ways to think about what is happening in your life. Sign up by April 13. Wed., 6 to 9 p.m. INTEREST GROUPS: PHOTOGRAPHY, READING, SINGING, COOKING ------------------------------------------------------- Monday 7:00-9:00 International Chorus. Come and join this ongoing chorus at anytime to learn songs from around the world or teach a song from your country. Mondays, starting Apr. 5, 7 - 9:00 p.m. Contact: Buki bukipapillon@yahoo.co.uk). Tuesday 10:30-1:00 American Home Cooking, with Dolly Sacks. Tue., Apr. 20- May 11, from 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 4 sessions/$35. Wednesday 5:30-9:00 International Cooking. Learn how to prepare delicious meals from Mexico, France, Italy and other countries, from our great team of international "chefs". Wed., Apr. 21, 28, May 5, 12, and 19, from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. 5 sessions/$40. Thursday: 3:00-5:00 International Photography Group. Share your passion for photography with other amateur photographers like you! Bring new ideas and learn some techniques. We'll meet alternate Thursdays, Apr. 8, 22, May 6, 20 and Jun. 3. Bring some photos (any format). Contact: Mi Jiang (mij1979@hotmail.com) or Gisele (gisa_costa@hotmail.com). Friday 1:30-3:00 Cake Decorating, with Claudia Perez-Maldonado, Fri., 1:30 - 3 p.m., Apr 23, 30, May 7 & 14 , Fri. 4 sessions/$30. 4:00-5:00 Reading Group. Do you love to read? Join Harriet Bell in this informal new group. The group will jointly pick the books and your meeting dates! For more information, Contact: Harriet (harrietjobell@hotmail.com). LANGUAGE CLASSES ---------------- Monday 10:00- 11:30 Beginning Spanish II, with Deborah Minguito Pantoja (Spain). Mon., Apr. 12 - May 24, 10 - 11:30 a.m., 7 sessions. 4:00-5:30 Beginning French II, with Catherine Dameron (France). Mondays, Apr. 5 - May 24, 8 sessions. 4:30-6:00 Russian for Advanced Students, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Mondays, Apr. 12 -May 24, 4:30 - 6 p.m., 7 sessions. 5:00-6:00 French Conversation, with Faustine Kurz and Catherine Dameron (France). Mon., Apr. 12 - May 24, 5 - 6 p.m. Tuesday 4:00-5:00 Beginning Chinese II (Mandarin), with Mi Jiang (China). Tue., Mar. 30 - Jun. 8, 11 sessions. 7:30-9:00 Beginning Portuguese, with Ana Urban (Brazil). Tuesdays, Apr. 13 - May 25, 7:30 - 9 p.m., 7 sessions. Thursday 1:00-2:15 Spanish Conversation, with Claudia Yarto (Mexico). Thursdays, Apr. 8 to May. 27, 1 - 2:15 p.m., 8 sessions. 4:30-6:00 Beginning Russian, Level 2, with Anna Novokhatskaya (Russia). Thu., Apr. 8 - May 27, 4:30 - 6 p.m., 8 sessions. ARTS AND CRAFTS --------------- Monday 1:00-3:00 Introduction to Drawing, with Edward Stanton, will expose you to a wide repertoire of traditional and nontradi-tional artist's materials, forms and styles. No experience necessary! Mon., 1 - 3 p.m., Apr. 12 - May 24 , 7 sessions. Tuesday 1:30-4:00 Drawing and Watercolor, with Trevlyn Williams. This class aims at getting students comfortable with drawing, making line and tonal representations of various subject matter. Weather permitting some classes will be outdoors. Tuesdays, from 1:30 - 4 p.m., Apr. 20 - Jun. 1. 7 sessions.* Thursday 4:00-5:00 Cross Stitch is a fun and relaxing needlecraft. Let Claudia Yarto show you how -- all you need is time and a little patience. No experience necessary! Materials are free for the first class. Thu., 4 - 5 p.m., Apr. 8 to May. 27, 8 sessions.* Friday 12:35-2:00 Pastel Drawing. Joo Hee Han will give you lessons in a specific style and technique of pastel drawing. Everyone is welcome, including moms with tots! Fridays, from 12:45 - 2 p.m. , Apr. 16 - May 28. 7 sessions.* DANCE AND SPORTS ---------------- Monday 7:00-10:00 Argentine Tango. Learn to dance the Argentine Tango with Leslie Gordon. Monday, Apr. 5 - May 3, from 7 - 10 p.m. 5 sessions. Each night we offer 2 classes and a practice. Learn the fundamentals from 7:00 - 8:15, or join the intermediate class from 8:15 to 9:30. Open practice for all from 9:30 to 10. Wednesday 9:00am Stanford Sporty Spouses: Tennis. All levels are welcome, beginners to advanced! (Please note however that we don't have a coach, so can't offer lessons as such - sorry!). Anyway, come along to knock up, play a game and meet other sporty spouses! We meet every Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at Escondido Village courts. Contact Bonamy Gauvain (bonamygauvain@hotmail.com) Thursday 9:30am Walking for Fun and Fitness! Join Nicola Crook at The Dish, uphill and down with views of the bay. Meet at the main gate (intersection of Stanford Ave.and Junipero Serra). Thursdays, starting Apr. 8, at 9:30 am. Contact: Nicola (nicacrook@hotmail.com). Friday 5:00-6:30 Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Let Hala show you how to increase your fitness, flexibility, inner balance, and vitality while enjoying the harmonies and rhythms of eastern music. Fri., Apr. 16 - May 21, from 5:00 - 6:30 pm, 6 sessions/$30. ONGOING ------- Monday 10:30- 12:00 The International Play Group meets on Mondays, between 10:30 am and noon at Rinconada Park, in Palo Alto. Everyone is welcome to join this informal group at any time throughout the year! Contact: Therese Gyger (328-7407) Friday 10:00-12:00 Friday Morning Coffee: This informal gathering is an ideal way to meet other spouses and learn about the many options for enriching your stay in the Stanford area. Join us every Friday, between 10 am and noon! We each bring a snack, fruit, or fruit juice to go with the coffee and tea provided by the I-Center. Volunteers are always needed to help set up (at 9:45 am) and put away afterwards! Everyone (with and without children, new and returning) is equally welcome! On April 30, Jennifer Casper, from the WorkLife Center, will speak on child care options and the many summer camps and other fun activities for children. *On May 7, International Day, everyone is encouraged to bring a typical snack from their country and, if you have one, wear your traditional dress. Any Day of the week International Playgroup Co-op. Join other parents to share child care and get some time-off! We're starting a playgroup co-op and an evening babysitting coop. Sign-up at the I-Center. Contact : Charlotte (acgiovan@hotmail.com) Any Day of the Week Professional Liaison for International Spouses. Meet a local person with similar career interests. Application forms are in the I-Center lobby. For more information, contact Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu). TheResource Center for International Families provides information about on getting settled in the Stanford area and building your life here. Spouse volunteers are available to speak with you in many languages about continuing your education, volunteering, employment, recreation, & travel, Hours are posted in the lobby on the web site. UPCOMING CLASSES / EVENTS: -------------------------- Sat May 8 12:00-5:00pm Annual I-Center International Festival. Continuous entertainment from around the world under a big tent on the side lawn, food booths & cultural displays. 12 noon - 5p.m. Watch for special programs the preceding week. Sun May 9 6:00pm International Pot-luck/Music Night. Bring a dish of food to serve 8 to 10 people and enjoy tastes from around the world, followed by a musical performance! Everyone is welcome! Sponsored by CCIS. For more information, contact Gwyn Dukes at gdukes@stanford.edu Sponsored by the Bechtel International Center ------------------------------------------------------ How to Post Announcements to this Newsletter: This newsletter will go out on Thursdays each week before 5pm. Stanford-affiliated organizations can send announcements to evnewsletter@stanford.edu before 5pm on Wednesday the night before the newsletter goes out. Announcements sent later than 5pm on Wednesday will not make that Thursday's newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------ END EV NEWSLETTER 26, April 1, 2004